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Republic of Congo to turn over 25 M acres of land to South African farmers

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2009

Brazil could triple agricultural output without touching the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Rainforest soy moratorium shows success in the Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Apr 2009

Global warming will hit corn yields, costing US over a billion dollars annually

Jeremy Hance 10 Apr 2009

Brazil: ‘Soy King’, Environment Minister strike deal on Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 2 Apr 2009

Ecological Cacao? Thinking about all sides of your chocolate bar

Alex Gehrig 1 Apr 2009

Loss of genetic diversity hurts agriculture

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2009

Land rights victory for Amazon Indians in Brazil

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2009

80% of agricultural expansion since 1980 came at expense of forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Feb 2009

Indonesia may allow conversion of peatlands for palm oil

Mongabay.com 15 Feb 2009

Political violence in Madagascar may lead Daewoo to abandon controversial farm project

Mongabay.com 10 Feb 2009

Secretary of Energy warns of dire future for agriculture in California

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Sustainable farming is the only way to feed the planet going forward

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2009

Beef drives 80% of Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Jan 2009

Symposium tackles big question: how many species will survive our generation

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2009

Selective logging occurs in 28 percent of world’s rainforests

Jeremy Hance 13 Jan 2009

Biochar and its Role in Mitigating Climate Change

Salman Zafar 17 Dec 2008

Corn expansion is hurting ladybugs

Mongabay.com 15 Dec 2008

Finland, Sweden push for loophole that would drive destruction of peatlands around the world

Mongabay.com 9 Dec 2008

How youth in Kenya’s largest slum created an organic farm

Jeremy Hance 9 Dec 2008

Madagascar hit by deadly vanilla-killing fungus

Mongabay.com 8 Dec 2008

Linking rural health care to forest conservation proving a success in Borneo

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2008

Saline agriculture may be the future of farming

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2008

Degraded grasslands better option for palm oil production relative to rainforests, finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Dec 2008

REDD may harm forest people, alleges report

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Agricultural firms cut incentives for Amazon deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Fall in palm oil price may lead to industry consolidation

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Dec 2008

Carbon market could pay poor farmers to adopt sustainable cultivation techniques

Mongabay.com 26 Nov 2008

Madagascar denies ‘land grab’ by South Korean conglomerate

Mongabay.com 22 Nov 2008

American fast food is almost entirely made of corn

Mongabay.com 10 Nov 2008

Rainforest agriculture preserves bird biodiversity in India

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2008

Rainforest fungus generates biodiesel, may drive energy of the future

Jeremy Hance 4 Nov 2008

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